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Indicators of inequality and poverty
Subramanian, S. - 2004
This essay aims at a broad, main-stream account of the literature on inequality and poverty measurement in the space of … of income inequality, deals with preliminary concepts and definitions; a visual representation of inequality (the Lorenz … curve); real-valued indices of inequality; properties of inequality indices; some specific inequality measures; and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010284611
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Using efficiency analysis to measure individual well-being with an illustration for Catalonia
Ramos, Xavi - 2005
This paper shows how distance functions, a tool typically employed in production economics to measure the distance between a set of inputs and a set of outputs, can be employed to approximate a composite measure encompassing the many dimensions of well-being. It also illustrates how to implement...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267478
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Multidimensional poverty in Nigeria : first order dominance approach
Ajakaiye, Olu; Jerome, Afeikhena T.; Olaniyan, Olanrewaju; … - 2014
This study appraises non-monetary multidimensional poverty in Nigeria using the novel first order dominance approach developed by Arndt et al. (2012). It examines five dimensions of deprivation: education, water, sanitation, shelter, and energy-using comparable datasets, the Nigeria Demographic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010424257
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Getting warmer: fuel poverty, objective and subjective health and well-being
Davillas, Apostolos; Burlinson, Andrew; Liu, Hui-Hsuan - 2021
) affordability and thermal comfort. Depending on which fuel deprivation indicator is used, we find heterogeneous associations between …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012603850
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Getting warmer : fuel poverty, objective and subjective health and well-being
Davillas, Apostolos; Burlinson, Andrew; Liu, Hui-Hsuan - 2021
) affordability and thermal comfort. Depending on which fuel deprivation indicator is used, we find heterogeneous associations between …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012597703
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Does aid work for the poor?
McGillivray, Mark; Fielding, David; Torres, Sebastian; … - 2011
This paper econometrically examines the impact of aid on the well-being of population sub-groups within 48 developing countries. This is a radical departure from previous empirical research of aid effectiveness at the country level, which has looked mainly at the relationship between aid and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009409618
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Why Are Older Women Missing in India? The Age Profile of Bargaining Power and Poverty
Calvi, Rossella - 2018
Almost half of missing women in India are of post-reproductive ages. I show that intra-household gender inequality and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012917579
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Death and destitution: the global distribution of welfare losses from the COVID-19 pandemic
Ferreira, Francisco H. G.; Sterck, Olivier; Mahler, … - 2021
The Covid-19 pandemic has brought about massive declines in wellbeing around the world. This paper seeks to quantify and compare two important components of those losses - increased mortality and higher poverty - using years of human life as a common metric. We estimate that almost 20 million...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012518090
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Conceptual and measurement issues in poverty analysis
Thorbecke, Erik - 2004
) Growth, inequality and poverty. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010279127
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Matching household surveys with DHS data to create nationally representative time series of poverty : an application to Bolivia
Grosse, Melanie; Klasen, Stephan; Spatz, Julius - 2009 - This version: December 19, 2009
Surveys (DHS) which lack information on incomes. This makes an analysis of trends and determinants of poverty and inequality … poverty and inequality in Bolivia. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010258036